Low frequency of androgen receptor gene mutations in 46 XY DSD, and fetal growth restriction

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 358-361

  Lek, Ngee ^a,b   Miles, Harriet ^a,c   Bunch, Trevor ^a   Pilfold Wilkie, Vickie ^a   Tadokoro Cuccaro, Rieko ^a   Davies, John ^a   Ong, Ken K ^a,d   Hughes, Ieuan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR GENE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTERNAL MASCULINISATION SCORE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; XY GONADAL DYSGENESIS;

46, XY DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ANDROGEN-INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; BIRTH WEIGHT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GENITALIA, MALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84896491984     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-305338     Document Type: Article

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